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The film is based on the true-life experiences of co-writer Ray Mendoza.

A24 is at it again. Its newest movie “Warfare” arrives in theaters on Friday, April 11, and it already looks like the studio’s next big hit. We’ll fill you in on the details about the film, and give you our best guess as to when we think you’ll be able to watch it at home as well.

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“Warfare” puts audiences in the center of the action by embedding them with a group if U.S. Navy Seals in...

A week before Christmas 2023, Michael Gandolfini was lying on the floor of his Airbnb in Los Angeles with his phone taped to the ceiling. He was attempting to video a self-tape for a scene that, as scripted, needed him on the ground, and with no one around that particular day to help, he improvised. Tape meet phone meet the ceiling.

It was unusual to get asked to audition so close to the holidays, and he didn’t have the ideal setup. But the project, Warfare, was one he didn’t want to pass up.

Based on the experiences of co-director Ray Mendoza’s time in the Navy SEALs, Warfare (out this weekend via A24) is a retelling of the day during the Battle of Ramadi in the Iraq War that saw Mendoza’s platoon attempt to evacuate two members of their team after they were severely wounded in an Ied explosion.

On the latest episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo welcomes filmmaker Alex Garland and retired Navy Seal-turned-director Ray Mendoza to discuss their latest co-directed collaboration, ‘Warfare’—a harrowing and unflinching war film based on Mendoza’s own real-life experiences in Iraq. The film stars Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis, D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Kit Connor, and Finn Bennett as members of a Navy Seal unit plunged into a brutal, immersive firefight [read our review here].

Continue reading ‘Warfare’: Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza On Realism, Creating Brotherhood, ’28 Years Later,’ & Garland Stepping Back As A Director [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.

“Warfare” is a new live-action war drama, written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, based on Mendoza's experiences during the ‘Iraq War’ as a former ‘U.S. Navy Seal’, starring D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton, releasing April 11, 2025 in theaters:

“..the film follows, in real-time, a platoon of ‘Navy SEALs’ on a mission through insurgent territory in the home of an Iraqi family.

“The soldiers are monitoring insurgent activity while providing overwatch for US forces.

“The soldiers are thrown into a life-or-death situation….

“…when they are surrounded during a routine overwatch mission…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

After telling a fictional, dystopian war story in “Civil War” last year, director Alex Garland is back with his next film, and this one gets a bit more real.

Hitting theaters on Friday, “Warfare” takes viewers on a mission with Navy Seals — one that’s based on an actual mission that co-director Ray Mendoza himself experienced (more on that in a moment). When things go sideways, the platoon must stand together and survive insurgent territory.

Here’s everything you need to know about the movie.

What is the release date?

“Warfare” releases nationwide on April 11, 2025.

Is it streaming?

Nope. As an A24 film, “Warfare” is only going to be in theaters for the time being. As part of A24’s output deal with Max the film will eventually be streaming on Max, and we’ll update this story when a streaming release date is announced.

For now, check your local listings to buy tickets.

Game of Thrones fans’ gather up. George Rr Martin has given another amazing update about the ever-expanding universe of the long-running franchise. While we know the third season of House of the Dragon is now in production, Martin teased A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which will tell the story of Duncan and Egg, in his latest blog post. While we have seen a small tease of the upcoming show, only concrete details have come from Martin by far.

Adding to the long list of reveals he has made about the show, the fan-favorite author revealed that he’s quite impressed by the final cuts of the series: “A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms will come first. Six episodes, the HBO adaptation of the first Dunk & Egg novella, “The Hedge Knight,”” he wrote adding,

“I just watched it again last week, the latest cuts. It’s looking good, I think.

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This April, we are getting a ton of entertainment on various platforms, including streaming services, television networks, and, last but not least, theatres. This upcoming month, we will finally see the release of the much-anticipated sequel to the 2016 film The Accountant and Ryan Coogler‘s new period supernatural horror film Sinners. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming movies that you might not want to miss seeing in theatres.

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Here’s When Warfare Arrives In Theatres! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

A24’s real-time gritty war thriller Warfare, co-written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and visionary filmmaker Alex Garland (known for Civil War and 28 Days Later), is set to arrive in theatres soon. This gripping film immerses audiences in an intense, boots-on-the-ground narrative of modern warfare, camaraderie, and survival.

Set deep in insurgent territory, Warfare follows an elite Navy Seal platoon on a high-stakes surveillance mission that spirals into chaos. Inspired by firsthand accounts and the memories of those who lived through it, the film delivers an unfiltered look at the harrowing realities of combat and the unbreakable bonds forged on the battlefield. Warfare will arrive in theatres in India and the US on April 11, 2025.

The film boasts a talented ensemble cast led by Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn as Sam, a character inspired by Joe Hildebrand,...

Will Poulter is hitting the red carpet with the Warfare cast for another premiere!

The 32-year-old actor joined the hunky stars of Warfare for the UK premiere on Tuesday (April 1) at The Cinema in The Power Station in London, England.

Will was joined at the event by co-stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Gandolfini, Finn Bennett, and Evan Holtzman.

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War director Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

D’Pharoah plays the role of Ray Mendoza.

Warfare hits theaters on April 11. Watch the trailer now!

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Alex Garland is keeping things simple when it comes to talking about his new A24 film, Warfare.

The filmmaker, who co-wrote and directed the movie with former U.S. Navy Seal Ray Mendoza — the 95 minutes all recounted from Mendoza’s memory about a specific 2006 mission in Iraq — wants audiences to know that Warfare has no agenda.

“Everything in the film is sourced from first person account and the film is just attempting to accurately recreate it,” Garland said at the film’s U.K. premiere in London Tuesday night. “That neutral approach, I hope, means people can receive this as adults in their own way with whatever they bring, whatever their opinions are on the Iraq war — it doesn’t matter. This is extra information that they can interpret and take from what they will.”

The ensemble line-up playing real-life soldiers in Warfare includes Charles Melton, Will Poulter, D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Joseph Quinn,...

The Cinema at London’s Battersea Power Station played host to the UK Premiere of Warfare this evening. Written and directed by Iraq War Veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War’s Alex Garland, and starring D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Aaron Deakins, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, with Joesph Quinn, and Charles Melton.

The film will be released on the 18th of April, 2025. Colin Hart was on the red carpet, here are his interviews.

Warfare Premiere Interviews

Plot:

Based on a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory.

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It took Noah Centineo a few moments to finally get in position for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at Thursday night’s Warfare premiere because every step he took towards the camera led to another hug and tight embrace with one of his co-stars.

“We’ve all gotten quite close,” the 28-year-old actor explained of the bond formed after shooting the intense Iraq-set actioner from the co-writing and directing team of Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, the latter of whom’s harrowing experience as a U.S. Navy Seal inspired the A24 film. The cast became so close in fact that they shaved each other’s heads in preparation for a three-week boot camp and all got matching “Call on Me” tattoos inspired by the film’s opening scene. (Two actors declined the ink, sources confirmed.)

Warfare follows a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone...

A24′s new movie Warfare is stacked with a cast of Hollywood’s hottest rising actors and they all stepped out for the L.A. premiere.

Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Noah Centineo, Charles Melton, and more hit the red carpet for the premiere on Thursday night (March 27) at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles.

Also in attendance were co-stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Evan Holtzman, and Henry Zaga.

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War director Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

D’Pharoah plays the role of Ray Mendoza.

Warfare...

In 2024, the director of 28 Days Later released a new movie, the dystopian action thriller Civil War, which received positive reviews from the critics. One year later, he is back at it again, impressing the critics with his newest film, A24's Warfare.

Warfare wasn't solely directed by Garland, but also had Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza as co-director, and both are also credited as screenwriters. It's based on Mendoza's experience during the Iraq War as a former U.S. Navy Seal. Ahead of its Apr. 11 wide release in theaters, Warfare debuted with an impressive 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes out of 21 reviews.

Out of 27 reviews available on the review-aggregator website at the time of publishing, only two of them are negative, but they come from major publications: Deadline and Variety. The score might fluctuate as more reviews come in. Since the film is not out in theaters, there is no audience score.

Warfare is headed to theaters nationwide in a few weeks, but A24 has officially lifted the review embargo for the upcoming war thriller, and it seems it does not disappoint. Directed by Alex Garland (Civil War) and Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, Warfare is a heart-pounding exploration of real-time warfare, and according to the latest reviews, it is a must-see in the loudest theaters near you.

As of this writing, Warfare is hovering around 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, with roughly 30 reviews counted thus far. Many critics have pointed out the visceral technical quality of the action sequences, as well as the performances by the ensemble cast. MovieWeb's own review is among the fresh ratings, which praises the film for its heart-pounding action and realistic depiction of modern warfare.

"Ray Mendoza, a former Navy Seal and Jtac (Joint Terminal Attack Controller), a soldier who directs military air support, collaborates with British filmmaker...

In 2024, Alex Garland smashed A24's worldwide box office record with the unflinching dystopian action movie Civil War. Now, a year on, Garland's battlefield is back, only this time it's even more realistic. Co-written and co-directed by Garland with real-life veteran Navy Seal Ray Mendoza, the first responses to the newest effort are in and are positively glowing. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Warfare has shot straight to success, earning a huge 91% approval rating from critics already, with that number expected to possibly climb within the coming days.

For Garland, a 91% critical score marks the second-best of his entire career, only missing out on 2014's Ex-Machina by 1%. This includes bettering the scores of the likes of 28 Days Later and its sequel 28 Weeks Later, the 2007 sci-fi hit Sunshine, 2018's Annihilation, and the aforementioned record-breaker, Civil War. This is no one-person project, though, with Warfare boasting a superb cast that...

The legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami once wryly remarked that he prefers “the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater.” Frequently taken out of context, Kiarostami’s statement was part of a larger rant against what he saw as a certain scourge in Western filmmaking, that of the blockbuster which takes its audience “hostage,” overwhelming with bombastic aestheticism that nails you to your seat but leaves you feeling empty.

Kiarostami might’ve had a word or two to say about Alex Garland, whose latest vision of American dystopia is uncharacteristically situated in our real-life and immediate past. Warfare is set during one day in November of 2006, when a Navy SEALs outfit was suddenly faced with an evacuation straight out of hell’s gate. Though the film is meticulously based on first-hand accounts from survivors of the mission, it is incuriously unspecific, as generic and as politically inscrutable as its title is nebulous.

Warning: The following contains minor spoilers from George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novels

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Martin visited the sets during filming and couldn't contain his enthusiasm. He raved about the performances and how faithfully the showrunners stayed true to his novella. He expressed particular delight in seeing these two protagonists — characters very close to his heart — brought to life with such care and authenticity. Below is a guide to the most important characters and their roles in...

Warfare co-directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland explain the personal inspiration for making the Iraq War film. Serving as Garland's follow-up to Civil War (2024), Warfare chronicles the experiences of one Navy Seal platoon in Ramada, Iraq, with memory serving as the basis of the story. For Mendoza, who is a former Navy Seal, the upcoming movie marks his feature film debut as a director after serving as a military or technical advisor on projects like Civil War, The Terminal List (2022), The Outpost (2019), and Lone Survivor (2013).

In a recent interview with Empire magazine, Garland and Mendoza talk about Warfare's origins, with the co-directors revealing that the movie stems from a fortuitous aligning of creative goals. While Garland was interested in recreating a real event as accurately as possible on film, Mendoza's motivation was far more personal. For the former Seal, making the movie was a way of conveying what happened...

The first reactions to Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare have hit social media, and the early consensus suggests the film is an intense, brutal and harrowing work that must be experienced in theaters.

Warfare is a real-time and immersive retelling of a battle during the 2006 Iraq War, and follows a team of Navy SEALs coming under heavy fire as they are trapped inside a house.

In addition to co-directing the feature, Mendoza, an Iraq War veteran, co-wrote the script for Warfare with Garland and the film largely is based on Mendoza’s memories of the conflict. Warfare is Garland’s follow-up to the much-talked about 2024 release Civil War, that was A24’s most expensive film ever to produce and also the studio’s second most successful release at the global box office after Oscar-winner Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Much like the equally realistic and harrowing Black Hawk Down...

It seems only right that a crowd of veterans were the first to see Warfare, U.S. Navy Seal Ray Mendoza’s feature directorial debut, co-written and co-directed with Alex Garland.

On Wednesday night, A24 put on a special screening of the film at the L.A. American Legion Theater, with many of the real men behind the story present among the military community in the audience.

Warfare reunites Garland with Civil War military advisor Mendoza and this film plays out real events in real-time, based on Mendoza and his platoon’s experience on a mission in Iraq in 2006. When things take a very extreme turn, the Platoon must find a way out, with all of their lives hanging in the balance.

During a post-screening Q&a, Garland said of working with the veterans involved: “I’m a civilian and we hear about the military, and people sometimes think they understand, and they don’t.

A24 has a long list of movies lined up for 2025, starting with Opus, which will hit theaters on March 14. With its immense popularity in the indie movie scene, more mainstream artists are eager to collaborate with A24. It was primarily a film distribution company but later ventured into production with the Oscar-winning film Moonlight.

More recently, the studio is known for critically acclaimed films like MaXXXine, Sing Sing, A Different Man, We Live in Time, Heretic, Queer, The Brutalist, and Babygirl. The Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once is the highest-grossing film from the studio.

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A24 has already been involved in two movies this year. The studio distributed the Italy-France co-production Parthenope in the United States. It also produced the film On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, which was released in March. Here are all the upcoming...

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

Starring D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, , with Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton, Warfare Opens In Theaters April 11.

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The Game of Thrones extended universe is continuing to expand, as George R.R. Martin just gave a major update on the franchise's newest show. As well as Season 3 of House of the Dragon and several other new spin-offs currently in development, HBO is also working on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which adapts one of Martin's smaller stories set in Westeros. Season 1 of the new series, which stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall, a.k.a. Dunk is set to premiere sometime this year. But, HBO apparently has a lot of confidence in the latest series having a long future.

During an interview with Collider, George R.R. Martin took more time away from writing The Winds of Winter to promote A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. "I've seen Dunk and Egg, the first season, and it's great," Martin began. The new show is set around 90 years before Game of Thrones,...

“Warfare” is a new live-action war drama, written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, based on Mendoza's experiences during the ‘Iraq War’ as a former ‘U.S. Navy Seal’, starring D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton, releasing April 11, 2025 in theaters:

“..the film follows, in real-time, a platoon of ‘Navy SEALs’ on a mission through insurgent territory in the home of an Iraqi family.

“The soldiers are monitoring insurgent activity while providing overwatch for US forces.

“The soldiers are thrown into a life-or-death situation….

“…when they are surrounded during a routine overwatch mission…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's film Warfare is a little over a month away, and A24 is starting to gear up for another one of its remarkable marketing and promotional runs. The distributor knows how to get people excited and interested about a new movie, and has now released an extended first look at Warfare. The film, which stars D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Joseph Quinn, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, and Taylor John Smith, is a recreation of Mendoza's memories and experiences when he was a Navy Seal during the Iraq War. Now, this new video from A24 goes further in depth about how Warfare came to be.

In this new video, Mendoza and Garland discuss how their collaboration on Civil War, in which the former served as a military advisor to Garland during the film's production, paved the way to making Warfare. Mendoza's goal, which he mentioned in a previous interview,...

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Warfare hits theaters on April 11, and we now have a first look.

Here’s a synopsis: “Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War director Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.”

Keep reading to find out more…

In the first look ahead of the movie’s premiere, the cast and crew discuss Ray’s motivation for telling this story, the cast’s immersive experience, and the filmmakers’ unwavering commitment to authenticity in every frame.

“This will be one of the most poignant things we’ll ever do,” star Will Poulter said in a statement.

The movie stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai,...

Some people say there are no winners in war, and if Alex Garland’s Warfare is any indication, more accurate words are rarely spoken. A24 is coming in hot today with a first-look video at Warfare, an intense new drama from Iraq war veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War director Alex Garland. The new Warfare video details Ray’s motivation for telling the story and his commitment to bringing audiences close to the action and drama. The video also includes the cast’s immersive training involving a three-week Navy Seal crash course.

Warfare stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, with Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton.

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family,...

A24’s behind-the-scenes look at Warfare includes interviews with the cast and filmmakers Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War). The film is based on Mendoza’s experiences during the Iraq War, and the cast recognizes the importance of sharing this story. In the two-minute first look video, Mendoza states, “Veterans who want to talk to their loved ones and say, ‘Hey, this is my experience,’ or ‘This is what I’m feeling,’ you’re the reason why I made this film.”

Warfare stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, and Taylor John Smith star. The cast also includes Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton.

“Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement...

A24 has released a first look at Warfare, the new visceral cinematic event directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Mendoza was the military supervisor for Garland’s Civil War.

Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory.

A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real-time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

The film was written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, whose directing and writing credits also include Ex Machina, Annihilation and Men. Garland previously wrote 28 Days Later, Sunshine, 28 Weeks Later, Never Let Me Go and Dredd as well.

The movie stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, and Henrique Zaga,...

"It's tense, fast." "It's sensory overload." "Real gunfire." "Explosions - not just one, multiple takes." A24 has revealed a brand new "inside look" promo trailer for Warfare, the realistic Iraq War action movie. Set for release in theaters starting in early April - just like Civil War last year. Warfare is actually co-directed by Alex Garland and the real life Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, telling his own stories (from memory) of what it was like to be there. A member of Seal Team 5, Mendoza came to partner with Garland on Warfare after serving as his military supervisor on Civil War. The movie's cast features: D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Evan Holtzman, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Henrique Zaga, Michael Gandolfini, Joesph Quinn, and Charles Melton. This featurette video also discusses "the heart of the film" – Ray's motivation for telling this story, the...

After “Civil War,” Alex Garland is still staying on the battlefront. The filmmaker next co-directs the upcoming A24 military drama-thriller “Warfare” alongside real-life Navy Seal veteran Ray Mendoza. The duo also both co-wrote the feature.

“Warfare” stars Oscar nominee Charles Melton, plus Kit Connor, Will Poulter, Noah Centineo, and Michael Gandolfini. The film is told in real time and following a platoon of American Navy SEALs as they occupy the home of an Iraqi family during war.

Per an official synopsis, the film “embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, over-watching the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.”

The large ensemble cast also includes D’pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Adain Bradley,...

Game of Thrones ended in 2019. It was the premiere TV drama of the 2010s and the most successful show in HBO's history, so you know there was no way they were going to let it lie. Since then, the network has aired two seasons of a prequel series called House of the Dragon, which has amassed a fan base of its own. And later this year, they'll premiere yet another Game of Thrones prequel show: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

When is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms set?

House of the Dragon is set aroun 150 years before Game of Thrones, during a period of internecine violence called the Dance of the Dragons, when rival factions of the Targaryen dynasty fought each other for the Iron Throne. Although that drama is still playing out, the Dance will end with far fewer dragons flying the skies above Westeros. Recall that in Game of Thrones,...

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Game of Thrones might have ended on a disappointing note, but there is still a lot of hope for the universe HBO is trying to create around the fantasy epic series. Based on George R.R. Martin‘s books, HBO has greenlighted and even canceled many spin-offs and prequels to Game of Thrones, but in this list, we are only talking about the shows and movies that have been confirmed to come out.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Status: In Post Production & Premiering in late 2025 Credit – HBO

Based on Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg stories, the upcoming series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, will be the second Game of Thrones spin-off series. It revolves around Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg (Egg is actually Aegon V Targaryen), as they travel through Westeros and go on various lighthearted adventures.

The next Game of Thronesprequel series gets a very promising update from HBO.

Per Deadline, HBO Head of Drama Series and Films Francesca Orsi noted that original series creator and author George R. R. Martin had already sung high praises for the soon-to-be released Game of Thrones prequel series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. "He loves it," Orsi said, before going on to offer praises of her own for the series' leading duo of Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell.

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The Serpent star Tahar Rahim and Boiling Point’s Izuka Hoyle are leading Prisoner, the Sky thriller series from Matt Charman.

The pair are joined by Eddie Marsan (Back to Black, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe), Catherine McCormack (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, 28 Weeks Later), Leonie Benesch (September 5, Babylon Berlin), Finn Bennett (Black Doves, True Detective), Sam Troughton (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Black Doves), Laurie Davidson (The Girlfriend, Mary & George), Ken Nwosu (Black Doves, Sticks and Stones), Brían F. O’Byrne (Conclave, The Wonder) and Youssef Kerkour (Lockerbie: A Search For Truth).

Prisoner follows a principled young prison officer escorting a dangerous, high-value prisoner to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate. Throughout the journey, their relationship twists and turns, with the stakes escalating as the crime syndicate stops at nothing to track them down. Deadline revealed the project several weeks back from Charman, the...

Updated with the Latest: Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin has seen all six episodes of the show’s prequel series, originally titled The Hedge Knight, and he approves of the adaptation.

“I’ve seen all six episodes now, and I loved them,” Martin wrote on his personal blog. “Dunk and Egg have always been favorites of mine, and the actors we found to portray them are just incredible.”

First-look footage has been released for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms alongside HBO’s upcoming slate of shows such as The Last of Us, The White Lotus and And Just Like That.

In April 2023, HBO announced it had ordered the show, tentatively titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Ordered to series in April 2023, the prequel is based on novellas written by George R.R. Martin. During the Warner Bros. Discovery February,...

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reprise their True Detective roles in a new ad calling for more television and film productions to shoot in Texas.

Per Variety, the new ad shot by True Detective creator Nic Pizzolato, McConaughey and Harrelson discuss the potential benefits of bringing Hollywood productions to Texas while driving on the highway, similar to the many conversations Rust Cohle and Marty Hart would have during the first season of the show. A few of the lines featured in the ad are clever twists on memorable quotes and monologues from the series, such as McConaughey telling Harrelson, "“Hollywood is a flat circle, Wood," which is a slight tweak on Rust Cohle's, "Time is a flat circle" from season one. McConaughey would also deliver a monologue in the ad, which also amends a scene from the show's first season, saying, "This industry is like somebody’s memory of an industry,...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will debut on HBO in 2025. While fans have to wait a little longer to dive into the Game of Thrones spinoff series, George R.R. Martin has already seen all six episodes.

The acclaimed Game of Thrones author recently took to his Not a Blog website to share his thoughts on the series and praised everything about it. "I've seen all six episodes now, and I loved them," Martin wrote. "Dunk and Egg have always been favorites of mine, and the actors we found to portray them are just incredible. It's as faithful as adaptation as a reasonable man could hope for."

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However, Martin explained that fans expecting an action-packed show might be disappointed.

Attention, citizens of Westeros: George R.R. Martin is already lavishing praise on HBO’s new Game of Thrones spinoff.

The Thrones book author took to his personal blog on Tuesday to offer a tantalizing look ahead at A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the new spinoff coming to HBO later this year. Martin has seen all six episodes, he reports, including rough cuts of the final two, and “I love them.” He adds that “Dunk and Egg have always been favorites of mine, and the actors we found to portray them are just incredible. The rest of the cast are terrific as well.

Fresh off the success of Civil War, Alex Garland and A24's latest collaboration, Warfare, has officially received its theatrical release date.

Per Deadline, the Iraq war film, Warfare, will hit theaters on April 11, 2025. Garland directs alongside Navy Seal veteran Ray Mendoza and both are credited as screenwriters. According to the outlet, "Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare told in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it."

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Director Alex Garland celebrates the tenth anniversary of Ex Machina by praising his cast and the "good vibe" his film generated behind the scenes.

Mendoza, an Iraq War veteran, teamed with Garland on the director's previous film,...

The director behind one of A24's biggest projects has finally announced the theatrical release date for his next film. Alex Garland, known for the dystopian Civil War as well as sci-fi staples like Ex Machina, has created another unmitigated depiction of violence and humanity in the upcoming Warfare, which is set to debut in the United States on April 11.

Writtena and directed alongside war veteran Ray Mendoza, and based on his experiences as a Navy Seal during the Iraq War, Warfare follows a platoon of Navy SEALs during a mission through insurgent territory in 2006. The film has been described as a brutally visceral close-up of the violence and suffering intrinsic to active warzones, informed by the harrowing perspective of someone who has actually witnessed such atrocities. Reservation Dogs star and Canadian/Oji-Cree actor D'Pharoh Woon-a-Tai portrays the film's fictional version of Ray Mendoza, accompanied by an ensemble cast that includes Will Poulter,...

Warfare's release date has been announced by A24, and it means that Alex Garland's new movie could repeat Civil War's success. After Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, and Civil War, Garland co-wrote and co-directed his next project alongside Ray Mendoza, and the film is based on the former's experiences during the Iraq War, following a platoon of Navy SEALs on a mission through insurgent territory in 2006. The cast includes D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton.

Per Deadline, A24 has set a nationwide theatrical release for Warfare on April 11. This is around the same time that Alex Garland's Civil War opened to much box office success for the studio in 2024. Other movies opening on April 11 include Christopher Landon's thriller Drop from Universal/Blumhouse, the espionage thriller The Amateur...

Exclusive: A24 has set an April 11 nationwide theatrical release for Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Iraq War feature Warfare.

Last year, on the second weekend of April, A24 released Garland’s dystopian political thriller Civil War which wound up the studio’s biggest stateside opening at $25.5 million and its second highest-grossing movie ever with $127M worldwide.

Also opening April 11 is Universal/Blumhouse’s The Drop, 20th Century Studios The Amateur and Angel Studios’ King of Kings.

Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare told in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it, the cast includes D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman and Henrique Zaga,...

Award-winning fantasy and science fiction author Larry Correia trolled George R.R. Martin for his notoriously slow writing pace. Correia's sixth and final book in his epic Saga of the Forgotten Warrior fantasy series, Heart of the Mountain, which arrives next month, contains a dig at Martin on its dedication page for taking ages to finish the A Song of Fire and Ice series novel, The Winds of Winter.

@westeorsies posted Heart of the Mountain's dedication page on X. "To George R.R. Martin. See? It's not that hard," Correia writes. Both men have traded barbs online in the past, so it remains to be seen if Correia's taunt will prompt any response from Martin. The acclaimed author's first A Song of Fire and Ice series novel, A Game of Thrones, debuted in August 1996 to widespread acclaim, spawning the 1999 A Clash of Kings, 2000's A Storm of Swords, 2005's A Feast for Crows,...

Few things can challenge fans of George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" franchise quite like the Targaryen family tree — and for good reason. As depicted in his books and the HBO shows "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon," the Targaryen clan were once sprawling and powerful. However, their penchant for incest and a civil war between the Targaryen factions led to them being almost entirely wiped out by the events of "Game of Thrones." While there are enough fierce, dragon-riding Targaryens around in "House of the Dragon" that it's a struggle to keep our Aegons straight, there are only a couple of Targaryens left two centuries later when Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) hatches three dragon eggs and brings dragons back for the first time since the civil war.

There's one Targaryen who got to see not only the fall of the Targaryen dynasty...

Dirigida por el cineasta de ‘Civil War’, Alex Garland, y el veterano de la guerra de Irak, Ray Mendoza. © A24

A24 ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de Warfare, una película escrita y dirigida por Ray Mendoza, veterano de la guerra de Irak, y Alex Garland.

Warfare sitúa al público junto a un pelotón de Navy SEALs estadounidenses en el hogar de una familia iraquí, observando los movimientos de las fuerzas estadounidenses en territorio insurgente. Una historia visceral sobre el terreno de la guerra moderna, contada como nunca antes: en tiempo real y basada en la memoria de las personas que la vivieron.

La película está protagonizada por un elenco de lujo formado por algunos de los actores del momento: D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (Reservation Dogs), Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley (Tarot), Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, con Joseph Quinn y Charles Melton.

[This story contains spoilers from the season one finale of Black Doves.]

Upon its early December release, Joe Barton‘s spy thriller Black Doves soared into Netflix’s top 10 most-watched shows in 89 countries.

Starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, the series has already been renewed for a season two. It was a bloody and brutal season finale — we’d expect nothing less — where everyone (metaphorically and literally) lost their head a little.

In Black Doves, Knightley stars as Helen Webb, wife to the U.K.’s defense secretary Wallace and ascending government minister (Andrew Buchan). For years, she’d been passing her husband’s secrets on to a shadowy organization Helen works for (helmed by Sarah Lancashire’s Mrs Reed), which leaves her hard-pressed to explain where she’s been and what she’s been up to when returning home to her family after a hard day’s work.

All of a sudden, the death of Helen’s secret lover...

A24 has debuted the first trailer for Alex Garlands’s highly anticipated ‘War’ drama ‘Warfare.’

Plot details are currently top secret but the story is said to be based on a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory.

Written and directed by Iraq War Veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War’s Alex Garland, and starring D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, with Joesph Quinn, and Charles Melton.

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The movie will be released in 2025.

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